The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Two key court decisions addressed this issue: 2007 Court Ruling Allowed Local Governments to Seek Reimbursement for Water Board Mandates. Prior to 2007, state statute exempted water boards ’ water quality permits from the state mandate process (and, therefore, consideration for reimbursement) as they were generally understood to be implementing federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - While not directly linked to these mandates, CSM has significant pending workload related to other stormwater permits issued by the state water boards dating back to 2007. This includes 32 pending test claims and 4 additional claims for which CSM has already identified state-reimbursable mandated activities but has not yet developed cost estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2023-24 Budget: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Major Capital Outlay Proposals

Feb 21, 2023 - Key steps of the project include: 2007: Project Initiated. The 2007 ‑08 Budget Act authorized $46  million for the completion of all the phases of the project, including preliminary plans, working drawings, and construction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - In 2007, the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) released a study of eight potential approaches to restoring the Sea, and recommended a “preferred alternative ” to the Legislature with a corresponding cost of $9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - Specifically, the study estimated that wildfire smoke reduced nationwide earnings from jobs by an average of close to 2 percent per year (the equivalent of $125 billion annually) between 2007 and 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - For example, in 2007, CARB adopted an “At-Berth Regulation ” that requires ships to control pollution while docked. As another example, in 2018, CARB adopted regulations which require all drayage trucks to be registered with CARB and meet specific emission standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618